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March 2013 Page Rocky Mountain Federation News—March 2013 Page The official publication of the Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineralogical Societies, Inc. The RMFMS is a regional member of the American Fed- eration of Mineralogical Societies, Inc. and is issued monthly (except June and July). It is a privilege of membership of the RMFMS and cannot be exchanged by the editor for individual club newsletters from other regional federations. www.rmfms.org NOTES FROM THE P RESIDENT BY D ELANE C OX Inside this Issue: Editor & Publications Chair 2 re you still snowed in? Or have you begun to thaw out? Here in my Rockin’ Thru Utah 2 A neighborhood, we are expecting spring at any time. Forget winter! It Prospectors 5 forgot us, so we are going to expect an early spring. The buds on some trees are beginning to swell already, and I have seen a few daffodils up Twilight of the Mammoths 5 about six inches. Just hope we don’t have a late freeze and ruin the beauti- Mineral Names 6 ful plants. Rockhounding in the 21st Century 6 With the warmer weather coming, it is time to start thinking about'Field Trips! Oh, the Value of Scrap Gold 7 rocks are waiting for us to come and find them. A few reminders for field trips: Registered as 501(c)(3)? 8 1. Be sure to have a plan on paper for each participant and driver, including maps and What is a Rockhound? 9 directions, times to meet and where, and cell phone numbers of as many participants New Case in the Show 9 as possible. You never know when a breakdown or wrong turn will occur. South Dakota Public Land News 10 2. Before leaving the parking lot, have a brief talk about conditions, what to look for, and safety reminders. Get signed releases if needed. A Simple Pineapple 10 3. Make sure all participants have extra water with them, along with proper equipment Want to be Part of a New Book? 11 for that particular rock hunt. Poetry & Art Contest Winners 11 4. Make sure you have a written list of everyone who is on the trip. That helps to keep Lure of Banded Rhyolite 11 track of trippers and not leave someone behind (it has happened!). Shows & More 12 I hope you have put the winter months to good use by getting tools in top shape, sorting Officers & Committees 13 your rocks into good rocks and yard rocks, labeled all of your specimens (identify the rock and where it came from), and possibly slabbed and cabbed some of the best ones. It is so good to be able to see the beauty of the stones and be able to share that with others. AUAL SHOW & Happy rock hunting! COVETIO May 17-19, 2013 TREASURER ’S R EPORT BY G ENE M AGGARD (All forms available at www.rmfms.org) ● Hosted by the Wasatch Gem ll annual reports have been received except for one, so I can give you a summary Society A of membership levels tallied from these reports, using last year’s numbers for the ● Kim Blanton, President and one non-reporting club. We are starting 2012-13 with 76 clubs reporting, with 6,787 contact, kimblanton2 @aol.com, dues paying members . Total membership reported is 7,023 members. 801-604-1265. ● Salt Lake County Equestrian We started the 2011-12 fiscal year with 71 clubs reporting with a total reported mem- Park & Events Center, 2100 W. bership of 7,412 members. We picked up four clubs during the year and ended 2011- 11400 South, South Jordon 12 with a total of 7,484 members. (Sandy), UT ● Let your favorite vendor know There was an alarming drop in membership. It would have been worse if two additional about the show. clubs had not joined RMFMS so far in this fiscal year. Member clubs were split almost even for ● Host Hotel, Breakfast, Meetings, either gaining or loosing members, but a few clubs had very large membership drops sometime dur- Banquet—Hyatt House on S. ing the year in 2011-12. These large drops in membership for a few clubs resulted in the drop in Monroe, Sandy, UT total membership. ● Show—Salt Lake Co. Equestrian Park, South Jordan, UT Rocky Mountain Federation News—March 2013 Page 2 This is now two years in a row of declining membership in RMFMS. Perhaps there were organ- PPPPUBLICATIONSUBLICATIONS izational problems in some clubs that caused the member loss. We do not know. What we do Editor: know is if member loss turns into a long-term trend, the impact will be negative and severe. It would be a good idea for us all to find ways to attract new members into our earth sciences clubs Betty Cain and societies. 2702 E. Pikes Peak Ave. Colo. Springs, CO 80909 719-634-8205 [email protected] EDITOR & P UBLICATIONS C HAIR BY B ETTY C AIN Circulation Manager: ‘Nuff said!! Bill Cain DEADLINE (see above) 5:00 PM 719-322-6089 [email protected] Subscriptions: Gene Maggard 8318 SE Highway 77 Leon, KS 67076 316-742-3746 [email protected] RatesRates————$3.50$3.50 a year for ROCKIN ’ T HRU U TAH : I NTRODUCTION AND the Rocky Mountain Federa- COLORADO P LATEAUS tion News only. $7.75 a DR. M IKE N ELSON year for both the Rocky Mountain Federation News his article, and some that will follow, will do double duty—they will con- [email protected] , and the RMFMS Directory . tinue my series of small articles briefly covering the geology of RMFMS T www.csmsgeologypost.b states, and also introduce the geology of Utah to those travelers attending Directory onlyonly————$5.00$5.00$5.00. logspot.com the Federation’s annual meeting and show. This event, hosted by the Wa- Order from Supplies Chair, satch Gem and Mineral Society, will be held May 17-19 in Jordan. Kim Blanton 728 E. Sandy Dunes Dr. The Federation website lists a substantial number of active clubs in the state: Cache Rock and Sandy, UT 84094 Gem club (Logen), Mineral Collectors of Utah (Kaysville); Moab Rock Club (Moab); Beehive 801-604-1263 Rock and Gem Club (Ogden); Rockhounders Outreach for Community Knowledge (Salt Lake City); Wasatch Gem Society (Sandy); Toole Gem and Mineral Society (Toole). Most are lo- [email protected] cated along the Wasatch Front with the exceptions being the Moab club in the Colorado Pla- Deadline teau, and the Toole club west of Salt Lake City in the Great Basin. A disclaimer: the RMFMS Bulletin submissions deadline website may not have the most current information about member clubs. Utah is another one of is the second week of the those states that is divided between federations. I have found listings for several other Utah month prior to publication clubs (evidently non-RMFMS members): Color Country Gem & Mineral Society (Panguitch); date; i.e., the deadline for Golden Spike Gem & Mineral Society (Ogden); Southern Utah Rock Club (Cedar City). At any rate, it appears that rock and mineral clubs are alive and well in the state. the April bulletin is the third week of March. I have a very soft spot in my heart for Utah—in fall 1967 I had a “big week” as I graduated from Unless otherwise marked, South Dakota, traveled to Kansas, got married, and drove to Utah for additional graduate materials from this publica- school. All worldly items were packed in a 1959 Pontiac with a portable roof carrier. It was an tion may be reprinted by enormous beast (compared to versions today) with a huge trunk and a mighty 285 hp engine. members, giving credit to Everything seemed to work out and graduation came three years later, as did a university teaching position back in Kansas. For the next 21 summers, I packed up my students and my the author and the Rocky family, and we collected and studied Utah geology at many localities, from border to border. Mountain Federation News. Life was good (See August 21, 2012 Utah Petrified Wood and Flower Children at www.csmsgeologypost.blogspot.com ). My most recent large research projects (each involving several summers) were: 1) examining the large vertebrate animals that lived along the shoreline of Pleistocene Lake Bonneville; and 2) collecting and describing Cretaceous mammals from the Rocky Mountain Federation News—March 2013 Page 3 San Rafael Swell Laramide uplift in central Utah). At the time (mid to late 1980’s), these tiny fossils represented some of the first Cretaceous mammal faunas known west of the interior seaway. Like most of the Rocky Mountain States, Utah has a very complex geological history and any detailed explanation is beyond the scope of this small paper. For additional reading I would refer readers to: 1) Utah’s Spectacular Geology , 2005, Lehi F. Hintze; and 2) Geological History of Utah , 2009, Lehi F. Hintze & Bart Kowallis. Both seem available on used book sites. The “good” thing about this variety and complexity is that the spectacular geology is displayed along the many roads and trails in the five National Parks, seven National Monuments, two National Recreation Areas, a National Historic Site, and six National Forests. In terms of physiography, Utah includes portions of three major regions: 1) Colorado Pla- teaus; 2) Basin and Range; and 3) Middle Rocky Mountains. In addition, a fourth “semi- region” includes the Colorado Plateau-Basin and Range Transition Area. The included sub- divisions of each region display spectacular geology and fantastic scenery. All areas have produced great specimens for collectors and with some patience and digging many localities still yield nice finds.
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